This is a splendid hotel in a splendid situation with absolutely fantastic views towards Calvi. Our room (a superior with sea view) was really wonderful - large, clean and with a great bathroom. Plenty of space, very comfortable bed, great little verandah to sit out on. Everything is changed, every day (a bit of overkill we thought!). We were situated a little way away from the main block - but we had a separate pool, shared with about 6 other rooms. Unfortunately the railings around this blocked the view to Calvi, but nonetheless this was a good room and having a local pool away from the main hotel block was actually very good.

The breakfasts, looking out towards Calvi, are simply magnificent. The food in the restaurant was great. However, you have to be prepared to take out a second mortgage to be able to pay for it! But then if you can afford this hotel you probably don’t need to worry about the cost of the drinks!!

What’s the downside? It is a longish walk (20 mins) into Calvi - not too bad going down, but the last bit coming back is a struggle. However there are plentiful taxi's (10 euro each way seems to be the standard fare). The hotel has a courtesy car - but it’s really hit or miss whether you can have this and it’s not always available. Most of the staff are really helpful and friendly – but a few are quite sharp and ‘superior’.

Calvi itself is a wonderful place. There are many very good restaurants – from the expensive to the modest. The marina is lovely to walk along in the evenings. If we did this again we would get a car – but it was so hot that we didn’t want to do too much travelling this time (and this was very much a relaxing holiday for us).

We are certainly going back to Corsica and if you go and stay in Calvi you won’t go wrong with La Villa! There will be lots of cheaper alternative, but this is something special.

We totally enjoyed La Villa. The staff could not have been more helpful. The hotel is beautiful and relaxing. Just what we expected when we booked.

For a half-term family holiday with two young children, we found this place on a website. Our holiday was generally enjoyable, despite the indifferent late-October weather, but here are a few aspects of the visit which were less than optimal.

1. This is a summer hotel (and closes in early-November) on an island that's much more seasonal than one might expect. There may be four pools, but as they are all outdoor we didn't, given the weather, get to swim once.

2. If you book without seeing the full tariff you may not realise that 250 Euros a room standard tariff at this time of year is in fact a 'bargain' rate for a standard seaview room – the same room in Jul/Aug would set you back no less than 500 Euros a night!

But all the extras are still priced as if this were a 500 Euro/night hotel. Dinner in the restaurant proper starts at 80 Euros, and the degustation menu is 150 Euros. Not at all suitable for a family, especially at it apparently beyond the abiliities of the chef of the 2-star Michelin restaurant to prepare (with notice) any sort of children’s meal at all. We never, therefore, got to check out the restaurant.

3. But can't you eat in the Bistro? Well, yes, but that offers (in low season) a risibly short and unchanging menu, on which main courses are typically 30-40 Euros. Wine, at around 40 Euros a bottle and up, is almost ten times the cost of drinking it by the pichet in the local restaurants! And even here, children are treated with little consideration. Chicken nuggets ’n’ chips? No imagination at all, and that'll be 30 Euros, with not so much as a piece of parsley to adorn the plate!

4. On an eco-note, the hotel also seems to have certain practices which seem rather old-fashioned and undesirable. The chambermaids should not leave all the lights on when they do the rooms at night. And all the sheets do not need changing daily. Even towels that are carefully hung up get changed. Grand hotels need not stand for waste on a grand scale.

5. Oh, but they do give you a bottle of mineral water on your arrival. With a little note that is is ‘offert par l'hôtel' – gee, you spend nearly 4000 Euros on a week's hol, and they give you a bottle of mineral water. Thanks.

This Hotel, being 4 star De-Lux, lived up to its reputation. We had an upgraded room which was wonderful with our own sitting room and large bedroom with an LCD TV in each. Abalcony overlooing the town of Calvi and seperate dressing room, bathroom and toilet.
The staff were friendly and helpful, but as you would expect in this class of hotel, prices were very high. A pot of afternoon tea for two came to £10 and eating in the bistro restaurant (one of two) was not a cheap afair. Expect to pay in excess of £120 for a meal for two. The food was not typically French or Corsican either, but a mixture of oriental and European, quite strange really and not good value for money I would say.
There are plenty of restaurants in Calvi and you can eat a good meal for two with wine for around £50.
My only real critisim of the hotel was the steps built into both heated outdoor pools were not very clearly marked and with the sun and ripples on the water they could not be seen properly. also there appeared to be no depth marking on the infinity pool. The water in both these pools though (two of 4 in the grounds) was warm and very clean.
This is a hotel for a treat and if you can aford to stay there then you should be able to aford the cost of food and drink.